Sunset Veterans Cemetery

American Legion elects officers; placing of flags at Sunset Veterans Cemetery to be held Wednesday

May 18, 2025 | By Muddy River News

QUINCY — American Legion Post 37 will hold its annual placing of the flags beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, at Sunset Veterans Cemetery to honor veterans buried at Sunset Veterans Cemetery on the Illinois Veterans Home campus. Volunteers will place American flags along the graves of veterans buried at the cemetery. Members…

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Sunset Veterans Cemetery in Quincy to get $1.3 million in upgrades

September 12, 2021 | By Muddy River News

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration recently announced that the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program, which it oversees, has awarded the state of Illinois a grant of $1,330,192 to expand Sunset Veterans Cemetery in Quincy, Ill. “The Veterans Cemetery Grant Program is a model for how federal and state governments can work…

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